Episodes

Twelve years before the start of the series, the Nine-TailsattackedKonohagakure destroying much of the village and taking many lives. The leader of the village, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to seal the Nine-Tails into a newborn, Naruto Uzumaki. Orphaned by the attack, Naruto was shunned by the villagers, who out of fear and anger, viewed him as the Nine-Tails itself. Though the Third Hokage outlawed speaking about anything related to the Nine-Tails, the children — taking their cues from their parents — inherited the same animosity towards Naruto. In his thirst to be acknowledged, Naruto vowed he would one day become the greatest Hokage the village had ever seen.

As Sarada's punch sends many enemies flying, Naruto and his clones scare the other opponents by showing them a glimpse of who's inside his body. Chōchō compliments Sarada's strength, with the other kunoichi questioning her father about his feelings for her mother. Sasuke merely answers that he and Sakura have Sarada. After returning to Konoha, Shin's clones are brought to the Konoha Orphanage, where Kabuto presents himself as their new father, with Urushi at his side thinking about whether to give a name to every one of them. Read more...

Hagoromo reveals to Naruto he's the reincarnation of his younger son, Asura. He asks Naruto if he can guess who Indra's reincarnation is, and Naruto correctly concludes it's Sasuke. At the same time, Hagoromo has the same conversation with Sasuke, revealing his status as Indra's reincarnation, and having him realise Naruto is Asura's. Hagoromo goes on to explain that Hashirama and Madara are the previous reincarnations, and that by taking Hashirama's power, Madara recreated Hagoromo's chakra, awakening the Rinnegan, despite leaving Indra's descendants instructions against it. Hagoromo explains that his mother Kaguya used her powerfuldōjutsu to rule over humanity, and that Madara is on his way to acquiring that same power. Hagoromo asks Naruto to stop Madara, who accepts his request. The chakra of the tailed beasts converge, and Hagoromo notes the prophecy he heard long ago has come true. As entrusting only Asura had created so much conflict, Hagoromo asks Sasuke to cooperate as well, and entrusts both Naruto and Sasuke with hispowers. Read more...

Did you know?

Naruto is one of the best selling manga of all time having sold more than 113 million copies in Japan?

In TV Asahi's latest top 100 Anime Ranking from October 2006, Naruto ranked 17th on the list?

Naruto: Shippūden has ranked several times as one of most watched series in Japan?